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TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2002
 
...JOSEPHINE BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 42.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  42.5 WEST OR ABOUT
590 MILES...950 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH
...50 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT JOSEPHINE HAS MERGED WITH A COLD
FRONT AND HAS LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.  HOWEVER...SHIP
REPORTS INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...
95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING OF THE EXTRATROPICAL
LOW IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...42.5 N... 42.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE MARINE PREDICTION
CENTER IN WASHINGTON DC UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO
HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.

FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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